In 73 of the total 189 succesful bids housing has been highlighted as an important objective.
Armstrong said: "This investment will make a visible difference to the lives of people living in deprived areas - making communities safer, improving housing and enhancing skills."
One of the largest succesful bids was in London where £22.5m has been awarded for major redevelopment work on the Woodberry Down Estate, Stamford Hill.
In the north west, several of the bids were aimed at regeneration and combating low demand. In Bolton, the Vision for the Future Partnership secured £20m for a seven year project part of which targets poor housing stock and reducing void property rates.
Pendle Partnership has won £12m for a scheme targeting planned housing improvements. It aims to achieve a 15 per cent reduction in unfit homes and five per cent reduction of empty private sector homes. Accrington Hyndburn First gets £8m part towards a seven year neighbourhood renewal including housing stock investment.
TameValley Partnership West secured £8m enabling socially excluded communities across Tameside to take advantage of new job and training opportunities.
Workington gets £7.5m part of which will be spent on clearing derelict sites and buildings.
The regeneration of deprived communities in Bacup and Stacksteads will benefit from a £5m boost and reduced void levels from 18 to 5 per cent.
Further south, Cambridgeshire Oxmoor Opportunities Partnership has received £1.48m to tackle low demand on the Oxmoor estate, Huntingdon. And Basildon Constructing Communities scheme will plough £2m into improving the Five Links housing estate.
Out of the £300m announced for London, Peabody Trust got £5.3m for its Digital Learning Ring and £4.5m for its Keep London Working project to create 1,000 bed spaces at sub-market rent for key workers. Hardcore Homeless - a project designed to get people off the streets and into work - gets £6m. Notting Hill Housing Trust has also been awarded £1m.
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Housing Today
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